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What Is Skepticism? What Sorts of Things Are Skeptics Skeptical

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What is skepticism? What sorts of things are skeptics skeptical about?   How does skepticism emerge from the philosophies of Descartes and Hume?   What is "the two-world assumption," and how is skepticism linked to this hypothesis? How does Kant attempt to overcome skepticism? Is he successful?


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Learning

The process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, or preferences through study, experience, or teaching.

Extinction

in behavior science, refers to the process by which a previously reinforced behavior is weakened by ceasing to provide reinforcement.

UCS

An abbreviation for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior conditioning in behavioral psychology.

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